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Self-awareness is a prerequisite for good leadership, writes John Baldoni, since only by acknowledging your limitations can you hope to inspire confidence or loyalty. To that end, he argues, a leader should ask himself what's missing from his skill set, what other tasks he should add to his agenda, and -- above all -- whether he is genuinely able to take criticism from his workers. "Accepting feedback can be a spine-stiffening experience," he adds. "... Yet, strong leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and resolve to make improvements."

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Self-awareness is a prerequisite for good leadership, writes John Baldoni, because only by acknowledging your limitations can you hope to inspire confidence or loyalty. To that end, he argues, a leader should ask himself what's missing from his skill set, what other tasks he should add to his agenda, and -- above all -- whether he is genuinely able to take criticism from his workers. "Accepting feedback can be a spine-stiffening experience," he adds. "... Yet, strong leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and resolve to make improvements."

Self-awareness is a prerequisite for good leadership, writes John Baldoni, because only by acknowledging your limitations can you hope to inspire confidence or loyalty. To that end, he argues, a leader should ask himself what's missing from his skill set, what other tasks he should add to his agenda, and -- above all -- whether he is genuinely able to take criticism from his workers. "Accepting feedback can be a spine-stiffening experience," he adds. "... Yet, strong leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and resolve to make improvements."

The past decade has been pretty terrible -- and the one that's about to begin won't be very zippy either, Ruth Marcus writes. From economic instability to climate change, the unsolved problems from this decade will become major crises in the coming years, Marcus argues. "The clock is ticking on numerous dangers that ripened this decade," she adds. "... The next decade will be consumed making up for squandered time."

Self-awareness is a prerequisite for good leadership, writes John Baldoni, since only by acknowledging your limitations can you hope to inspire confidence or loyalty. To that end, he argues, a leader should ask himself what's missing from his skill set, what other tasks he should add to his agenda, and -- above all -- whether he is genuinely able to take criticism from his workers. "Accepting feedback can be a spine-stiffening experience," he adds. "... Yet, strong leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and resolve to make improvements."

Self-awareness is a prerequisite for good leadership, writes John Baldoni, because only by acknowledging your limitations can you hope to inspire confidence or loyalty. To that end, he argues, a leader should ask himself what's missing from his skill set, what other tasks he should add to his agenda, and -- above all -- whether he is genuinely able to take criticism from his workers. "Accepting feedback can be a spine-stiffening experience," he adds. "... Yet, strong leaders acknowledge their shortcomings and resolve to make improvements."